Scrum Master

Essential Duties:• Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers• Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self organization• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example

Required Skills/Experience:• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)- Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team• Previous experience as a manager

Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science

development background

Required Skills : -8+ years experience -Scrum Master Certification (SCM) -Visio -PowerPoint -Excel -Jira -strong communication skills -CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCAL---relocation candidates will not be considered -financial background is a plus -technical/development background -Bachelors Degree in Computer ScienceBackground Check :YesNotes :Selling points for candidate :Project Verification Info :The information provided below is for Apex Systems AV use only and is not to be distributed publicly, or to any third party. Any distribution of the below information will result in corrective action from Apex Systems Vendor Management. MSA: Blanket Approval Received Client Letter: Will Not ProvideCandidate must be your W2 Employee :YesExclusive to Apex :NoFace to face interview required :NoCandidate must be local :YesCandidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::NoInterview times set : :NoType of project :Master Job Title :Branch Code :